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A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Saturday, April 11 (game #1035).
Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
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NYT Connections today (game #1036) - today's words
Today's NYT Connections words are…
- FLY
- PAPER
- TAKE
- CAST
- TROLL
- PROJECT
- ANGLE
- SHED
- POSITION
- RUSSIAN
- CUFF
- RAG
- RADIATE
- STANCE
- BELT LOOP
NYT Connections today (game #1036) - hint #1 - group hints
What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: Trouser elements
- GREEN: How one sees it
- BLUE: Let it shine
- PURPLE: Add the word for a humanoid toy
Need more clues?
We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…
NYT Connections today (game #1036) - hint #2 - group answers
What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?
- YELLOW: PANTS FEATURES
- GREEN: PERSPECTIVE
- BLUE: EMIT
- PURPLE: _____DOLL
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Connections today (game #1036) - the answers
The answers to today's Connections, game #1036, are…
- YELLOW: PANTS FEATURES BELT LOOP, CUFF, FLY, POCKET
- GREEN: PERSPECTIVE ANGLE, POSITION, STANCE, TAKE
- BLUE: EMIT CAST, PROJECT, RADIATE, SHED
- PURPLE: _____DOLL PAPER, RAG, RUSSIAN, TROLL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I managed to make zero mistakes in this game, but I came close to putting together a couple of groups that didn’t make the final four.
The first was linking FLY, CAST, ANGLE, and TROLL as all being terms connected with fishing and the other was a group about being mean to someone that would include RAG, TROLL and CUFF. Thankfully I didn’t have enough confidence to follow through on either idea.
Instead PANT FEATURES seemed an obvious selection, although I did waiver over CUFF and from here the other groups fell neatly into place — as they often do when you complete this game in difficulty order.
Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Saturday, April 11, game #1035)
- BLUE: STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS BEAM, BRACE, COLUMN, STRUT
- YELLOW: FOUND IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR ICE SCRAPER, JACK, JUMPER CABLES, SPARE TIRE
- GREEN: BENEFACTOR ANGEL, CHAMPION, PATRON, SPONSOR
- PURPLE: ENDING IN BODIES OF WATER BOMBAY, CHELSEA, SCREWDRIVER, SNOWFLAKE
What is NYT Connections?
NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.
On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.
It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.
It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.